Scolonida gracilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Munididae |
Genus: | Scolonida |
Species: | S. gracilis |
Binomial name | |
Scolonida gracilis (Henderson, 1885) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Scolonida gracilis is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. [1] [3] [4]
The males measure between about 23.3 and 46.7 millimetres (0.9 and 1.8 in) and the females between about 12.4 and 36.0 millimetres (0.5 and 1.4 in). It is found off of Tasmania and Victoria to Sydney, and in the Great Australian Bight, at depths between about 145 and 700 metres (480 and 2,300 ft). [5] It is also found in the waters around New Zealand. [3]
In 2021, Munida chydaea was synonymised with Munida gracilis. [6] The specific name chydaea was derived from the Greek χυδαῖος (khudaîos), "abundant", in reference to how numerous the species is. [5]
Agononida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. In 2022, recognizing that the genus as then defined was paraphyletic, it was divided into three lineages: Agononidasensu stricto and two new genera, Garymunida and Hexamunida. Agononida is distributed in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Anomoeomunida is a monotypic squat lobster genus in the family Munididae. The sole a species of is Anomoeomunida caribensis. It occurs in the western Atlantic.
Babamunida is a genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. The genus occurs in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, with the greatest diversity in the Pacific.
Garymunida isabelensis is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The species name is from Isabel, one of the Solomon Islands. The males measure from 6.8 to 20.7 millimetres and the females from 5.7 to 31.5 millimetres. It is found off of the Solomon Islands, as the specific epithet implies. It is found at depths between about 240 and 350 metres.
Garymunida laurentae is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The species name is dedicated to French carcinologist Michèle de Saint Laurent. The males measure from 5.8 to 28.6 millimetres and the females from 5.7 to 31.5 millimetres. It is found off of New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Chesterfield Islands, Vanuatu, and the Matthew and Hunter Islands, at depths between about 260 and 610 metres. It is also found in Tonga, at depths around about 570 metres (1,870 ft).
Garymunida longispinata is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The males measure from 11.7 to 20.5 millimetres and the females from 14.5 to 22.9 millimetres. It is found off of southwestern Luzon and the east coast of Mindoro and in the Mindanao Sea.
Garymunida nielbrucei is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The specific name is dedicated to Australian carcinologist Niel Bruce. The males measure from 7.7 to 25.0 millimetres and the females from 7.7 to 27.3 millimetres. It is found off of New Zealand at depths from 260 to 470 metres.
Garymunida normani is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The males measure from 9.7 to 18.4 millimetres and the females from 9.0 to 13.3 millimetres. It is found off of Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and Vanuatu, at depths of about 320 to 670 metres. It is also known to be found off of the Tuamotu and Society Islands at depths between about 510 and 630 metres.
Garymunida pilosimanus is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The males measure 48.7 millimetres (1.92 in) on average and the females 22.9 millimetres (0.90 in) on average. It is found off of the coasts of Japan, Taiwan, and Australia, at depths between 295 and 520 metres.
Garymunida procera is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae, and was first described by Shane Ahyong and Gary Poore in 2004. The specific name is derived from procerus, a Latin word meaning "slender", which is in reference to its slender cheliped that distinguish it from the similar Agononida soelae. The females measure from 14.3 to 21.4 millimetres. It is found off of Eastern Australia and New Caledonia and near the Lord Howe Rise, where it is found at depths from 450 to 960 metres.
Garymunida prolixa is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It can be found in the Andaman and Arabian Seas, at depths between about 240 and 750 metres.
Garymunida similis is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The males measure from 13.1 to 21.3 millimetres and the females from 11.3 to 18.4 millimetres. It is found off the Philippines, at depths between 290 and 495 metres.
Garymunida simillima is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It occurs in French Polynesia. The specific name is derived from the Latin similis, which refers to its similarity to Agononida normani. The males measure from 12.4 to 13.5 millimetres and the females from 4.6 to 14.6 millimetres. It is found off of the Austral Islands, at depths between 200 and 1,000 metres.
Garymunida soelae is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The species is named for the research vessel Soela, which is the vessel on which the type specimen was collected. The males measure about 28.2 millimetres (1.11 in) and the females about 14.1 millimetres (0.56 in). It is found off of Indonesia, northwestern Australia, and New Caledonia, at depths between 450 and 620 metres. It is also found off of Fiji, where it resides between depths of about 680 and 725 metres.
Garymunida squamosa is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. The males measure from 5.5 to 17.0 millimetres and the females from 5.1 to 16.4 millimetres. It is found off of Japan, Indonesia, the Admiralty Islands, northeastern Australia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, and Wallis and Futuna, at depths between about 175 and 750 metres. It is also found off of Fiji and Tonga, where it resides between depths of about 350 and 590 metres.
Babamunida brucei is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It is found off of the east coast of Africa, at depths of about 120 metres (390 ft).
Babamunida debrae is a species of squat lobster in the family Munididae. It was discovered on the west coast of Hawaii, usually sheltering in holes of lava rocks.
Scolonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. It was erected in 2022 to accommodate three species previously placed in the genus Munida. The genus name combines the Greek scolos (=spine) and the genus name, Munida, and refers to the presence of protogastric spines that characterize the genus.
Leptonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. It was erected in 2022 to accommodate Munida delicata, now Leptonida delicata, in a major revision of the genus Munida. At the time, it was monotypic, but the World Register of Marine Species lists another species not mentioned in the 2022 revision. Leptonida delicata occurs in south-western Pacific Ocean.
Dactylonida is a small genus of squat lobsters in the family Munididae. It was erected in 2022 to accommodate two species formerly placed in Munida, one of them from the East Atlantic and the other from the Central-Eastern Pacific.